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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a West Slavic language, probably from Czech. Compare Czech kostka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kot?sk?]
• Hyphenation: koc?ka
• Rhymes: -k?

Noun

kocka (plural kockák)

1. (geometry) cube (regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)
2. block, cube (any object in an approximately cuboid shape)
3. die, dice (regular polyhedron used in games, with numbers or symbols on each side)

   Synonym: dobókocka

4. dice game (game played predominantly or solely by rolling dice)

   Synonym: kockajáték

5. square (rectangular cell in a grid or pattern)

   Synonym: négyzet

6. (film, photography) frame (one of the many single photographic images on a roll of film)

   Synonyms: filmkocka, képkocka

7. (comics) panel (an individual drawing in a comic strip or comic book)

   Synonym: képregénykocka

8. (slang) nerd, geek (person who is intellectual but possibly socially inept, particularly an expert in computers)

   Synonym: kockafej

Declension

Derived terms

(Expressions):

• a kocka el van vetve
• fordul a kocka
• kockán forog
• kockára tesz

References

Further reading

• kocka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Noun

kocka f (masculine equivalent kocor)

1. Superseded spelling of kócka.

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kost?ka (“small bone”), since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kost?).

Noun

k?cka f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (geometry) cube
2. (games) die

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kost?ka (“small bone”), since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kost?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?t?ska/

Noun

kocka f (genitive singular kocky, nominative plural kocky, genitive plural kociek, declension pattern of žena)

1. (geometry) cube
2. (games) die

Declension

Derived terms

• kockový
• kocô?ka

Further reading

• kocka in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kost?ka (“small bone”), since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kost?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kó?t?ska/

Noun

k??cka f

1. die (used in games of chance)

Inflection

Further reading

• “kocka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

English

Etymology

From Middle English diffinicioun, from Middle French definition, from Latin d?f?n?ti?, from d?f?ni?. Equivalent to define +? -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?f??n??(?)n/, /?d?f??n???n/
• Hyphenation: def?in?ition

Noun

definition (countable and uncountable, plural definitions)

1. (semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).

2. (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
   • 2008 May, Shoeless Wayne Santos, “Baroque” (game review), GameAxis Unwired, Hardware Zone Pte, page 51:

     Baroque is a good game, but only for a very narrow subset of the gaming audience. It is the very definition of a niche title.

   • 2016 March 1, Stuart Heritage, “Comedy Bang! Bang! It’s silly, it spoofy – it’s the very definition of a hidden gem”, The Guardian:

     Comedy Bang! Bang! It’s silly, it spoofy – it’s the very definition of a hidden gem

   • 2019 September 25, Chris Cilizza, “The Ukraine call ‘transcript’ is pretty darn close to a smoking gun”, ThePo!nt, CNN:

     That Trump just came out and asked for Zelensky to investigate the Bidens – after reminding him several times of how much the US did for Ukraine!!!! – is something very close to the textbook definition of a quid pro quo.

3. A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
4. The action or process of defining.
5. The act of defining; determination of the limits.
6. A product of defining.
7. The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.

8. Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.

9. Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
10. Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.

11. (bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
12. (programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
13. (mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:definition

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• high-definition

Related terms

Translations

See also

• definiendum
• definiens
• genus
• differentia

References

• definition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

definition

1. genitive singular of definitio

Middle French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin d?f?n?ti?.

Noun

definition f (plural definitions)

1. definition (clarification of this definition is needed)

Descendants

• ? Dutch: definitie
• ? English: definition
• French: définition
  • Haitian Creole: definisyon
  • ? Romanian: defini?ie

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?f?n?¹?u?n/

Noun

definition c

1. a definition

Declension

Related terms

• definiera
• definiering
• definitionsfråga
• definitionsförsök
• definitionsmängd
• definitionsmässig
• definitionsordbok
• definitiv

See also

• betydelse
• finit
• ordförklaring

References

• definition in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)